3 Jun 2026 · 052513-2026 · tender
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"date": "2026-06-03T16:57:31+01:00",
"ocid": "ocds-h6vhtk-06acd7",
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"id": "GB-FTS-182669",
"name": "Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission (SHET)"
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"title": "Buildings & Infrastructure",
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"description": "3 years initial term + 5 years optional extension"
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"description": "Lot 3- Buildings & Infrastructure\nThis lot covers the design, management, construction, testing and completion of Buildings and Infrastructure projects with the scope including but not limited to:\nBuildings\n•\tStorage buildings, training school facilities, accommodation and welfare facilities \n•\tOffice buildings\n•\tUpgrades, refurbishments, and extensions to existing. \n•\tInternal fit out works to new and existing buildings, including partitions, raised access floors, finishes, cable management systems, containment, and earthing and bonding. \n•\tMechanical and electrical fit out of building services within new and existing buildings. \n•\tReplacement of RAAC roof structures were identified\nDesign Management and Development\n•\tEstablish and manage a suitably qualified design team covering all design and construction aspects of the project.\n•\tUndertake surveys necessary to complete the project.\n•\tCarry out gap analysis and value engineering, as appropriate.\n•\tDevelop, complete, and manage design, including managing responses to planning conditions.\n•\tPrepare interim and final RIBA Stage 4 drawings and reports.\n•\tComplete room data sheets and room layouts.\n•\tPrepare and maintain the BIM model for design and construction, including updating any RIBA Stage 3 information produced by others.\nPlanning, Programming and Coordination\n•\tDevelop the Construction Phase Plan and detailed programme.\n•\tAttend and lead a project kick off meeting to agree deliverable stages and key milestones.\n•\tAssist with coordination alongside the Project Manager, Project Sponsors, and stakeholder engagement activities.\n•\tSupport utility investigations and statutory enquiries.\n•\tPrepare planning application deliverables, including DAS, DIAs, visualisations’, noise studies, CTMPs, designs\nEnabling and Construction Works\n•\tUndertake any enabling works identified, including service diversion works.\n•\tPrepare design and specifications, coordinating SSEN T fit out, IT, and OT designs and incorporating these into the Works Information.\nHealth, Safety, Environment and Sustainability\n•\tFulfil all duties required of the Main Contractor under CDM Regulations, supporting other duty holders as required.\n•\tComplete SSEN T Gate process documentation, including but not limited to: \n-\tDesign Risk Management Index (DRMI)\n-\tHazard Identification Workshops (Design HAZID, Construction HAZCON, Operational HAZOP)\n-\tProject safety reviews and reports\n•\tDevelop carbon and sustainability assessments\n•\tPrepare Environmental Management Plans, Environmental and Biodiversity Net Gain reports.\nTraining School Specific Infrastructure\n•\tDelivery of offline electrical substation works including substation, associated control, AIS and GIS buildings and OHL works",
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"title": "OHL Pole Construction",
"status": "active",
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"description": "5 years initial term + 3 years of optional extensions"
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"description": "Lot 4- OHL Pole Construction\nThis lot covers the design, management, construction, testing and completion of overhead line pole-based transmission works, typically at 132kV but capable of supporting higher voltages where specified.\nIndicative scope includes, but is not limited to:\nDesign and engineering\n•\tDetailed design of pole foundations, assemblies and interfaces.\n•\tTemporary works design associated with pole installation.\n•\tDesign development to support constructability, safety and environmental compliance.\nPre construction and enabling works\n•\tSurveys, setting out and ground investigations.\n•\tAccess provision, compounds, crane pads and working areas.\n•\tCoordination with land access, wayleaves and stakeholder requirements.\nConstruction\n•\tInstallation of wood, steel or composite poles.\n•\tConstruction of pole foundations, including reinforced concrete, embedded or piled solutions where required.\n•\tPole erection, alignment and stability works.\n•\tInstallation of crossarms, insulators, fittings and associated hardware.\n•\tConductor stringing, tensioning, sagging and clipping.\n•\tInstallation of earth wires, fibre or auxiliary equipment where specified.\n•\tRemoval, replacement or modification of existing pole structures where required.\n•\tTie ins to existing overhead lines and interfaces with substations or transition structures.\nTesting, commissioning and completion\n•\tInspection and testing required to demonstrate compliance with the Works Information.\n•\tSupport to commissioning activities defined in the PSWI.\n•\tAs built records, data capture and handover documentation.",
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"title": "OHL Tower Construction",
"status": "active",
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"description": "Lot 5- OHL Tower Construction\nThis lot covers the design, management, construction, testing and completion of lattice tower and steel structure overhead line transmission works, typically at 132kV, 275kV and 400kV.\nIndicative scope includes, but is not limited to:\nDesign and engineering\n•\tDetailed design of tower foundations and structural interfaces.\n•\tTemporary works design for excavation support, lifts and erection activities.\n•\tDesign risk management and constructability reviews.\nPre construction and enabling works\n•\tSurveys, ground investigation and setting out.\n•\tAccess tracks, temporary works areas, crane pads and compounds.\n•\tEnvironmental mitigation and land management measures.\nConstruction\n•\tConstruction of tower foundations, including piled, reinforced concrete and specialist foundations.\n•\tTower steelwork delivery, assembly and erection.\n•\tInstallation of insulators, fittings and tower accessories.\n•\tConductor stringing, tensioning and clipping.\n•\tRemoval, replacement or modification of existing towers.\n•\tOverhead line realignments, deviations and rebuilds.\n•\tInterfaces with live assets, outages and system constraints where defined in the PSWI.\nTesting, commissioning and completion\n•\tStructural inspection, verification and testing.\n•\tSupport to system testing and commissioning activities.\n•\tProduction of as built documentation and asset data.",
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"id": "6",
"title": "Underground Cable Construction",
"status": "active",
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"description": "5 years initial term + 3 years of optional extensions"
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"hasOptions": false,
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"description": "Lot 6- UGC Construction\nThis lot covers the design, management, construction, testing and completion of underground cable (UGC) transmission works 132kv and above.\nIndicative scope includes, but is not limited to:\nDesign and engineering\n•\tDetailed design of cable routes, trenching, ducts, joint bays and interfaces.\n•\tTemporary works and traffic management design.\n•\tCoordination with consents, planning conditions and third party interfaces.\nPre construction and enabling works\n•\tSurveys, trial holes and utilities investigations.\n•\tAccess, compounds, traffic management and enabling civils.\n•\tEnvironmental protection and mitigation measures.\nConstruction\n•\tTrenching and excavation.\n•\tDuct installation, bedding and backfill.\n•\tConstruction of joint bays and termination compounds.\n•\tCable pulling, installation and protection.\n•\tInstallation of joints and terminations where within Contractor capability and scope.\n•\tInterface works with substations and overhead line transitions.\n•\tSurface reinstatement, agricultural reinstatement and environmental restoration.\nTesting, commissioning and completion\n•\tCable testing, verification and commissioning support.\n•\tProduction of as built drawings, GIS data and handover records.",
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"title": "Up to £10m Civils",
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"description": "Lot 1- Up to £10m Civils\nCharacteristics:\n•\tTypically, standalone or enabling works.\n•\tLimited third party interfaces and temporary works.\n•\tDefined, well scoped packages with repeatable delivery characteristics.\nIndicative scope may include:\n•\tSubstation site clearance and earthworks.\n•\tFoundations for plant (excluding specialist or high risk structures).\n•\tInternal substation roads, hardstanding and drainage.\n•\tAccess track construction, strengthening and minor realignments.\n•\tPublic road improvements of limited complexity (e.g. passing places, junction tie ins).\n•\tStandard ducting, cabling, troughing and fencing.\n•\tPeatland restoration and environmental mitigation work using established methods.\nThis lot is also split into 5 regions across Scotland which bidders can apply for one or more of.",
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"title": "Over £10m Civils",
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"description": "Lot 2- Over £10m Civils\n Characteristics:\n1.\tMulti disciplinary, interfacing or staged works.\n2.\tHigher construction, environmental or third party risk.\n3.\tComplex temporary works, geotechnical, hydraulic or structural solutions.\n4.\tIntegration with live substations or critical transmission assets.\nIndicative Scope Includes:\n•\tComplex substation platforms and reinforced foundations.\n•\tComplex/lengthy access track construction, strengthening and realignments.\n•\tBridges, retaining walls, culverts and major public road realignments.\n•\tFlood defence schemes involving sheet piling, flood walls, pumping stations and storage.\n•\tWatercourse diversions, culvert upgrades and return period capacity improvements.\n•\tHigh risk peatland restoration and slope stability works.\n•\tResilient substation adaptations including elevation of existing plant and equipment.\n•\tWorks requiring significant statutory interfaces, stakeholder coordination or technical approvals.",
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"description": "High-voltage cable"
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"description": "Construction work for electricity power lines"
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"description": "Civil engineering machinery"
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"title": "Civils, Buildings, OHL and UGC Framework – Multi Site",
"value": {
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"currency": "GBP"
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"description": "This procurement establishes a multi-lot framework for civils, buildings, overhead line and underground cable works across Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission’s large capital delivery portfolio in Scotland. \nThe framework covers six lots: \n-civils works up to £10m\n-civils works over £10m\n-buildings and infrastructure \n-overhead line pole construction \n-overhead line tower construction \n-underground cable construction\nIt is intended to appoint long-term strategic partners with the capability and capacity to deliver design, management, construction, testing and completion works, supporting network investment, renewal, customer connections and the transition to net zero. The framework has a potential total value of up to £7.4 billion, with lot specific framework appointed for a period up to eight years.",
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"endDate": "2026-07-16"
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"description": "Overhead line construction"
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"mainProcurementCategory": "works",
"submissionMethodDetails": "https://sse.app.jaggaer.com/esop/guest/go/opportunity/detail?opportunityId=447",
"procurementMethodDetails": "Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition"
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"name": "Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission (SHET)",
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"address": {
"region": "UK",
"locality": "Perth",
"postalCode": "PH1 3AQ",
"countryName": "United Kingdom",
"streetAddress": "Inveralmond House, 200 Dunkeld Road"
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"details": {
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"description": "Electricity"
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"identifier": {
"legalName": "Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission (SHET)"
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"contactPoint": {
"url": "https://sse.app.jaggaer.com/esop/guest/go/opportunity/detail?opportunityId=447",
"email": "Christopher.Flanagan@sse.com"
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